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Tullamore (/ ˈ t ʊ l ə ˌ m ɔːr /; Irish: Tulach Mhór, meaning 'great mound') is the county town of County Offaly in Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal , in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midlands Region , with 15,598 inhabitants at the 2022 census .
Offaly County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Offaly (then titled King's County). [1] [2] [3] Originally Tullamore Courthouse had been the meeting place of Offaly County Council. [4] [5] The county council moved to modern facilities at Áras an Chontae ...
The Offaly Independent and Tullamore Tribune are based in Tullamore. The Midland Tribune, based in Birr, covers local news in the west and south of the county as well as parts of northern Tipperary including the towns of Birr, Roscrea and Nenagh and surrounding areas. The Offaly Express was a former newspaper based in Tullamore. It closed down ...
The funeral of murdered teacher Ashling Murphy is under way in Co Offaly. The body of the 23-year-old, a talented musician and teacher, was found on the banks of the Grand Canal in Tullamore ...
Irish police said the man, in his 30s, is being questioned at Tullamore garda station in Co Offaly. The body of Ms Murphy, a talented musician and teacher, was found on the banks of the Grand ...
Tullamore Urban District council, established under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, in 1899, [7] was based in an office in Tullamore Courthouse until 1974, when it relocated to a building in O'Connor Square which it shared with the County Library and the County Motor Tax Office. After finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, the urban ...
Originally Tullamore Courthouse had been the meeting place of Offaly County Council. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The county council moved to modern facilities, which were designed by ABK Architects , in 2002. [ 3 ] The new facility won the award for Best Public Building in the Irish Architecture Awards for 2003. [ 3 ]
Daingean (/ ˈ d æ ŋ ɡ ən /; Irish: An Daingean, meaning 'the fort' or Daingean Ua bhFáilghe), [8] formerly Philipstown, named after King Philip II of Spain (then King of Ireland by jure uxoris), is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated midway between the towns of Tullamore and Edenderry on the R402 regional road.